Fediverse

I wonder if we can combine the related fediverse services (like piefed, which is getting more and more traction lately), mbin/kbin, and others.

Because according to this graph I dont exist for example. Im not a "lemmy" user, but I sure interact with a lot of lemmy.

There is also a number of instances that are chosing not to give their numbers anymore either because of AI scrappers getting really aggressive, or because they just dont want to be seen by the different tracking software out there.

I think posting quality content (or at least trying to be quality content hahaha) and good comments keep the users visiting back.

I just try to post one or two posts a day (to not spam things), comment a little bit, it seems it grows some communities on our instance. Some communities were dead, now at least some people post at these places.

Alright, I'll make more content. Give me a month or two. I'm slow at drawing.

I tell people about lemmy and send them links. Mostly people don't care about anything. Abstract or remote things like "should a platform be owned by one asshole?" just doesn't even enter their brain.

Reddit refugee here. I've been banned three times in 2 weeks for erroneous applications of nebula's policies. They appear to be going through a self-destructive phase. All you need to be is a viable alternative to a dumpster fire and deliver a clear valuable alternative.

Then start breeding yall

Okay, now let's see Piefed and mbin users!

i remember hearing about when the empire State building was first built, the would light up some of the offices to make it look busy, to attract other people.

I was meaning to buy a bunch of sticker for all sort of cool stuff I support (lemmy/fedi being one of those things) and stick it around the city. Know its not much, but its fun! :)

It seems strange that these two curves so closely match eachother in shape.

When 6month active users drop that means 6 months ago a user stopped using the platform.
When monthly active users drop that means a month ago a user stopped using the platform.
So this would suggest that there is a correlation between user attrition 6 months ago and last month.

I just don't get why people would stay in reddit when lemmy exist :(

Lemmy doesn't have the niche communities and people don't want to take the time to customise what it can do for them so get stuck in the same shit as reddit, so then they leave.

I came here looking for something different than Reddit but I’m actually pretty done. I try to post, start threads and conversations but the ones that don’t get deleted because of some vague rule get questioned to hell as to why it exists that it makes me wish I hadn’t posted at all.

This is quite concerning indeed.

We should start by being better at retaining what we already have.

Every person is valuable now.

One thing I've noticed with Lemmy is that it feels way more like a social bookmarking and commentary platform. I see fewer posts that are "original content" here than for example Reddit.

Goes to 'All --> New,' here we go again...

Come on everyone, let's do our part. The only way to get less doom and gloom on the main page is to engage with the stuff you want early. Like it was mentioned by others, that primarily means comments not just upvotes

I think that if we want new folks, it would make a big difference is we organized the equivalent of a new member drive.

Currently, look at a default front page for your home instance and ask how enticing it is to a total newbie. There might be some good stuff, but it's foreign and overwhelming. You feel out of place.

Now imagine if the first Friday of January had been "new subscriber day". People on Reddit and Bluesky are taking about the fediverse and if it's any good. And on Lemmy there's a bunch of posts about finding the best instances and memes about being new on Lemmy. That's a much more inviting beginner experience, and it makes it more likely for folks to come back the next day.

I really think planning for bursts of new folks is the way to welcome people.

Look, this is my filter list:

Because i don't want to deal with depressing politics every day in my off time.

And this is what i still see:

Maybe a tagging system would help?

Networks are almost always about quantity over quality.

A) "Lemmy" is an embarrassingly bad name.

B) Most of the content I see on here seems to be shitposts. Not saying it all is, but the immediate impression for new users is terrible.

C) Lemmy's biggest strength is also its biggest weakness. Moderation is near non-existent and the comment section of posts always devolves into shit.

When this post is two days old and still on the very top of my feed you know that it's either a ghost town or the sorting algo doesn't work.